How long is the smart connected lighting coming from the outbreak?

HC hearing things from the real smart, connected lighting Huimin outbreak How much longer? On a variety of "smart / lighting wisdom" as the keyword media event, which is almost around when reporters quiz topic not be avoided.

How long is the smart connected lighting coming from the outbreak?

However, it is no wonder that there are a lot of lighting products on the market with smart banners, which show the basic functions of dimming and color adjustment, and they have to be controlled by mobile APP. This is only a very preliminary stage. Even if there are occasional products that can be called "black technology", more of them stay in the theoretical, laboratory, and sample stages. They have not undergone strict environmental testing and application testing. Of course, they cannot talk about mass production and market scale.

The related concepts such as intelligence, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence are so hot, but the status quo is disappointing. It is no wonder that everyone will be eager to hang on to the words "landing" and "outbreak period". In a sense, it is also an industry anxiety. which performed.

However, Xiang Diming, general manager of Philips Lighting China's professional channel, is optimistic. He said in an interview with the Internet of Things think tank: "I think smart connected lighting solutions are not so far away today, the next five to ten Year is the first round of high-speed development, and after another decade, smart connected lighting will enter a new stage of people-oriented."

Such predictions are certainly not out of nothing.

First of all, in the continuous development of IoT technology, operators, software and hardware developers and integrators from all walks of life are actively deploying the Internet of Things, expecting to take advantage of the trend and do “wind-spot flying pigs”, while smart lighting is the Internet of Things ( IoT) The most intuitive and versatile entrance.

Small to a family: lighting fixtures are the most widely distributed in the room, involving the largest number of nodes, and can be linked with other household equipment. If the smart lighting equipment is used as the control center of the home, it will truly realize the interconnection between household products. Interoperability, so smart lighting is a well-deserved entry point for smart homes.

Large to a city: Street lights everywhere on the street form a ready-made network, which is the best carrier for various detection and sensing terminals. The management department can collect a large amount of data, which can not only repair quickly in case of failure, but also reduce Manpower maintenance costs can be turned into effective information to help plan and govern future cities. Specifically, smart lighting can help local management units to instantly grasp the state of the city, thereby effectively improving the consumption of public security, transportation and energy, and enabling the government or the public sector to provide services that are more in line with the needs of the public at a lower cost.

Second, although China faces various obstacles in the promotion of smart city projects, many smart connected lighting solutions are being implemented in the world, such as Philips' smart connected road lighting in Los Angeles and Jakarta, Indonesia. The project has reached the scale of the city.

In 2015, the Los Angeles Street Light Authority began deploying the Philips CityTouch Smart Connected Road Lighting Management System. By collecting and analyzing data for sensors and software for streetlights, the results of the analysis will help improve the transparency of urban operations and promote the development of new smart city applications.

For example, the newly introduced acoustic sensors and environmental noise monitoring sensors can detect vehicle collision events and provide immediate information to the city's emergency communication system, helping the police, fire and emergency departments to reduce response time and help patients early. Currently, there are more than 200,000 street lights in the city of Los Angeles, which provide this service to citizens on urban roads, highways, tunnels and sidewalks.

Third, more and more lighting manufacturers are beginning to realize the importance of “systematization” and develop product features that are more humane. In other words, smart lighting is not a simple light bulb or a light fixture, but an intelligent lighting system that varies from environment to environment. It can be linked with other intelligent control systems (including HVAC, air conditioning, curtains, etc.) to truly form a The whole of the Internet of Everything.

We can imagine a scenario where the office building uses an intelligent lighting system and the system automatically switches between various operating states depending on the situation. For example, the morning is the most abundant moment of the day, the system will dim or turn off the light; when the weather is dark, the indoor lighting will not only automatically brighten, but also the linked curtains will be opened to make up the natural light. In this way, the staff in the building can be in the most comfortable light environment in one day.

For example, in the supermarket of the supermarket, the intelligent lighting system and the indoor environmental regulation system can be linked to improve the environment of the shopping mall. When the traffic volume of the shopping mall increases, people will feel annoyed and sultry. At this time, by adjusting the color of the light (using cold The color tone), at the same time, reduces the temperature of the air conditioner and the temperature in the market room, giving the customer a better shopping experience.

Having said that, when I visited the Chengdu Chengdu Lighting Application Center, there was a very interesting application scene that made the author feel particularly impressive: Philips is guiding the direction by applying the indoor lighting transformation of smart internet technology to help consumers find themselves in large shopping malls. The product you want.

Specifically, this is the case: Assume that Xiao X decided to prepare a birthday meal for friends. He needs to buy different kinds of fresh meat and vegetables, so he walked into a supermarket using Philips Smart Connected LED lighting system.

1. He enters the list of raw materials he needs to purchase through the supermarket APP installed on his mobile phone.

2. The lighting device above the top of the small X head uploads its location information to the smartphone, and the APP on the mobile phone will plan a corresponding route for him to guide him to find all the required materials.

3. When the small X passes through the fruit and vegetable area, the lighting system will immediately send the discount information to his mobile APP.

4. After Xiao X leaves, the store manager can judge the consumer habits through the process data recorded in the management system, and improve through big data analysis, thereby increasing the turnover of the entire mall.

All of this is within reach, and lighting companies, including Philips, are working with vendors and suppliers in different sectors to bring smart connected lighting solutions to the everyday lives of consumers.

It is true that the road ahead is still very long, so that smart lighting can enter thousands of households and reach the real benefit of the people. However, it is undeniable that the industry has made great progress compared with the "mental barrier lighting" that many people can only modulate the color. Today, by linking the Internet of Things technology to lighting technology, we have upgraded the lighting into an information access point in addition to the original functions, thereby changing the daily life of urban residents.

In the future, when artificial intelligence, deep learning, sensors, speech recognition and other technologies are more mature, we will no longer need to take out mobile phones to operate, and truly realize “what you want”, at that time, we are the smart lighting we expect. The outbreak is over!

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